December 27, 2025
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New Heroes Honored by Chamber: Community Members to be Recognized at Celebration

The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce will hold its 22nd Annual New Heroes Celebration at St. Monica’s Grand Pavilion on Wednesday, October 19.

The Annual New Heroes Celebration is an opportunity for the business community and city to welcome Santa Monica’s newest educators, firefighters and police officers, according to the Chamber.

Thane Roberts for SMa.r.t. Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow.Thane Roberts AIA, Architect, Robert H. Taylor AIA, Mario Fonda-Bonardi AIA Planning Commission, Daniel Jansenson Architect, Samuel Tolkin AIA, Phil Brock, Santa Monica Arts Commission.

Opinion: SMa.r.t. – When it Rains (Money) it Pours:

California’s governor just signed a new campaign-finance law authored by Senator Ben Allen, of Santa Monica. The law removes the prohibition on public financing of political campaigns in many places around the state.

The intersection at Fourth Street and Colorado was cordoned off for seven hours Tuesday.

Metro Shooting Investigation Continues:

An investigation continued Thursday into the shooting of a man armed with two large kitchen-type knives who was wounded by a transit deputy at the Metro Expo Line station in Santa Monica, authorities said.

Santa Monica City Council has approved conceptual plans for 12 additional acres to the current 9-acre Airport Park.

Hybrid SMO Park Gets Go-Ahead:

Santa Monica City Council has approved conceptual plans for 12 additional acres to the current 9-acre Airport Park. The feasibility and concept phase led by Rios Clementi Hale Studios (RCHS) resulted in a recommended concept adding two new multi-purpose fields for a variety of users, amenities for all ages, and a connection to nature.

Hot Flash columnist Barbara Bishop.

Hot Flash – The Perfect Size:

You know what really pisses me off? The fact that many in the fashion industry still think that the perfect woman is a size two and 18 years old. I look at fashion magazines, the internet, go into stores, see all these tiny sizes, and laugh about it, because a lot of the editors of those fashion magazines and the-high fashion designers are most definitely not a size two or 18 years old.

Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk To End Alzheimer’s® Comes To Santa Monica October 9:

Women, men and families to walk through Santa Monica to raise funds for local care, support and research in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease

WHAT: The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, a major fundraising event taking place throughout the Southland in a movement to reclaim the future for millions living with Alzheimer’s disease, comes to Santa Monica October 9.

history museum

Santa Monica History Museum Offers Free Admission Day:

The Santa Monica History Museum will offer free admission on Thursday, October 13 from noon to 8pm at the Santa Monica History Museum. All are invited to visit on this day to take advantage of free admission to the museum’s six galleries.

Car Free Friday

Santa Monica Goes Car Free this Friday: First #CarFreeFriday kicks off with car free pledges and students going big with weeklong bike and walk to school activities

This Friday, the City of Santa Monica challenges residents, employees, visitors, and students to go car free for one day. Hundreds have pledged to go car free, including students at McKinley Elementary School who will be celebrating with a “walking” school bus, bike trains, and free rides on the Big Blue Bus. The #CarFreeFriday challenge is part of the City’s GoSaMo initiative to get more people trying Santa Monica’s complete transportation network of rail, bus, bike share, and walking.